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Jesse Saylor
(Blue China Fir, China Fir)
A muscular evergreen conifer, blue China fir's needled branches are slightly drooping and bear greenish brown cones. Native to China, it has string-like corky bar that is sandy sienna-brown and an upright shape that is rounded to pyramid-like. It is a close relative of the giant redwood (Sequoia).
The blue-green glossy needles are narrow and prickly, individually they are lance-shaped with white stripes on their undersides. On the branches the needles lay in a flattened, horizontal plane...
James Burghardt
(China Fir, Samurai China Fir)
A muscular evergreen conifer, China fir's needled branches are slightly drooping and bear greenish brown cones. Native to China, it has string-like corky bark that is sandy sienna-brown. The mature habit is an upright shape that is rounded to pyramid-like. It is a close relative of the giant redwood (Sequoia).
The dark green glossy needles are narrow and prickly, individually they are lance-shaped with white stripes on their undersides. On the branches the needles lay in a flattened,...
Carol Cloud Bailey
(Carrotwood Tree)
A widely adaptable evergreen tree, carrotwood produces copious amounts of orange-red fruits and seedlings. A spreading tree native to tropical northern Australia and New Guinea, it has become a noxious, invasive problem in regions such as Hawaii and the Florida peninsula.
The leaves are compound - made up of six to ten leathery, oval, green to yellow-green leaflets. If crushed, they smell like a fresh carrot, as do the branches. In spring, wiry clusters of tiny, white flowers appear and are pollinated...
James H. Schutte
(Cigar Plant)
A lover of heat, black eyed cuphea has haired, sticky stems and tubular orange-red flowers with two reduced black petals that look like crab eyes. This interesting tender perennial hails from Mexico where it remains evergreen and bushy year round. In cold temperate zones, it is grown as a bedding annual but can be brought indoors to overwinter.
Broad and bushy, black eyed cuphea is covered with heart-like, bright medium green leaves upon dark red stems, youngest shoots are hairy and sticky to...
Forest & Kim Starr
(False Heather, Mexican Heather)
Commonly known as Mexican heather, elfin herb, or Hawaiian heather, this tropical plant is a small, bushy, evergreen subshrub with shiny, dark green leaves borne in horizontal sprays that create a fine-textured appearance. The flowers are produced mainly in summer and fall, but also appear sporadically throughout the year and may be in shades of purple-violet, pink or white.
Best grown in dappled shade, this Mexican native will tolerate full sun, especially if provided regular water. Plant...
James H. Schutte
(False Heather, Mexican Heather, White False Heather)
Sprays of small, lacy, white flowers cover this Mexican heather in warm months and will appear sporadically throughout the year in frost-free zones. The neat, bushy plant has dense, glossy foliage and is self-cleaning, so deadheading is not necessary.
Commonly known as Mexican heather, elfin herb, or Hawaiian heather, this tropical plant is a small, bushy, evergreen subshrub with shiny, dark green leaves borne in horizontal sprays that create a fine-textured appearance. Its small, tubular, five-petaled...
James H. Schutte
(Allyson False Heather, False Heather, Mexican Heather)
Sprays of small, lacy, rosy pink to lightly fuchsia flowers cover this Mexican heather in warm months and will appear sporadically throughout the year in frost-free zones. The neat, bushy plant has dense, glossy leaves that are a bit larger than average. It is more florific than average and self-cleaning, so deadheading is not necessary.
Commonly known as Mexican heather, elfin herb, or Hawaiian heather, this tropical plant is a small, bushy, evergreen subshrub with shiny, dark green leaves...
James H. Schutte
(Compact False Heather, False Heather, Mexican Heather)
Sprays of small, lacy, lavender-pink flowers cover this compact Mexican heather in warm months and will appear sporadically throughout the year in frost-free zones. The small, bushy plant has dense, glossy leaves and its blooms are self-cleaning, so deadheading is not necessary.
Commonly known as Mexican heather, elfin herb, or Hawaiian heather, this tropical plant is a small, bushy, evergreen subshrub with shiny, dark green leaves borne in horizontal sprays that create a fine-textured appearance....
John Rickard
(False Heather, Lavender Lace False Heather, Mexican Heather)
The delicate lavender-purple flowers of 'Lavender Lace' are produced mainly in warm months but will bloom sporadically throughout the year. They appear above tidy, bushy plants with dense, glossy foliage and are self-cleaning, so deadheading is not necessary.
Commonly known as Mexican heather, elfin herb, or Hawaiian heather, this tropical plant is a small, bushy, evergreen subshrub with shiny, dark green leaves borne in horizontal sprays that create a fine-textured appearance. Its small, tubular,...
Carol Cloud Bailey
(False Heather, Limelight False Heather, Mexican Heather)
Commonly known as Mexican heather, elfin herb, or Hawaiian heather, this tropical plant is a small, bushy, evergreen subshrub with shiny, dark green leaves borne in horizontal sprays that create a fine-textured appearance. The flowers are produced mainly in summer and fall, but also appear sporadically throughout the year and may be in shades of purple-violet, pink or white.
Best grown in dappled shade, this Mexican native will tolerate full sun, especially if provided regular water. Plant...